Biomedical Materials
A. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS Materials have been used in medical practice since prehistoric times. Today, materials science plays a crucial role in many aspects of biomedical science and…
Surface Science of Materials
A. PERSPECTIVE Surface science, like the field of membranes discussed in Chapter 13, is a subject that is important to many different areas of materials science. These areas include biomedical…
What is Materials Chemistry?
A. DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIALS Materials science is the science of solids, a field that encompasses most aspects of modern life. This book provides an introductory, qualitative overview of the…
Alloys, Composites, and Defects
A. OVERVIEW 1. Important Mechanical Properties The underlying theme of this chapter is the relationship between solid-state structure and mechanical properties. To understand this relationship, it is necessary to be…
Superconductors
A. OVERVIEW Superconductors are materials that offer no resistance to the passage of an electric current. The significance of this phenomenon is profound. Without electrical resistance, a current will continue…
Materials in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
A. BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the connections that exist between topics discussed earlier in the book and the rapidly expanding field of nanoscience….
9 Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics
CHAPTER 9 Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics CHAPTER OUTLINE Enzyme Classifications Role of Coenzymes Enzyme Relative to Substrate Type Enzyme-Substrate Interactions Chemical Reactions and Rates Chemical Reaction Order Enzymes as Biological Catalysts…
30 Nitrogen: Amino Acid Metabolism
CHAPTER 30 Nitrogen: Amino Acid Metabolism CHAPTER OUTLINE Amino Acid Uptake Metabolic Classifications of Amino Acids Glutamate and Glutamine Metabolism Aspartate and Asparagine Metabolism Alanine and the Glucose-Alanine Cycle Cysteine…
35 Chromatin: DNA Structure and Replication
CHAPTER 35 Chromatin: DNA Structure and Replication CHAPTER OUTLINE DNA Structure Thermal Properties of DNA Chromatin Structure Histone Modifications and Chromatin Structure Eukaryotic Cell Cycles Checkpoints and Cell Cycle Regulation…
38 Glycoproteins
CHAPTER 38 Glycoproteins CHAPTER OUTLINE Glycoproteins Nucleotide Sugar Biosynthesis Mechanism of N-Glycosylation O–Glycosylation and Mucin-Type O-Glycans O-Mannosylation Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway O-GlcNAcylation and Glucose Homeostasis Lysosomal Targeting of Enzymes Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins…
